CN1853596B

CN1853596B - Leg massaging machine

Info

Publication number: CN1853596B
Application number: CN2006100749913A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 石川哲也
Original assignee: MARUTAKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KK
Current assignee: MARUTAKA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KK
Priority date: 2005-04-26
Filing date: 2006-04-25
Publication date: 2011-06-15
Anticipated expiration: 2026-04-25
Also published as: CN1853596A; TW200642676A; JP2006304864A; TWI290829B

Abstract

The invention discloses a leg massager, which possesses a couple of tibial massaging head (3) through driving device (2) on the plantar massaging component (7) along left and right directional movement, wherein the couple of tibial massaging head (3) is set separating position of back lateral (RR), which is convenient to plug from back lateral (RR) for user leg.

Description

Leg massager

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a leg massage machine capable of stimulating the legs, particularly the lower legs, of a person receiving a massage.

Background

A conventional massage machine for stimulating the lower leg massages the leg by using the following components: a front housing; a fixing ring for fixing the lower leg inserted into the groove formed on the front surface of the front shell, namely the surface separated from the masseur; and a roller movable in the groove of the front case. Further, a leg massage machine in which kneading of the lower leg is performed by a kneading method of repeating expansion and contraction by driving a pneumatic pump provided on a center partition and a side partition of a front case (for example, patent document 1-japanese utility model registration No. 3089331).

However, in the prior art, it is required that the user must raise his or her legs or move his or her legs forward to the front surface of the front shell when the user massages or kneads his or her lower legs.

Disclosure of Invention

Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a leg massage machine with less leg movement, in which a person receiving a massage can be fixed to the massage machine by moving his or her legs forward while sitting.

The invention described in claim 1 is a leg massage machine at least including a pair of shin-kneading massage heads which can pinch and knead a calf of a person who receives a massage placed on a foot massage mechanism from the left and right direction by a drive device, characterized in that: the shin-rubbing massage heads are provided at positions spaced apart from the rear side from which a person receiving a massage can insert into the legs. In the present invention, "leg" refers to an organ used for a person's walking motion, and is a generic term for a foot, a lower leg (including a calf), a thigh, and the like. Similarly, the term "foot" refers to the tip of the leg from the ankle and is a generic term for organs formed by the sole, instep (toenail), and toe. In addition, "the instep can be massaged" refers not only to the instep, but also to the periphery of the toes and the ankle. The term "shin massage head" also includes a case where all or a part of the area from the knee to the ankle is massaged. The general massage methods of massage, acupressure, kneading and rubbing are also explained in the present invention.

The invention described in scheme 2 is the leg massage machine described in scheme 1, characterized in that: the surface of the shin massage head facing the lower leg of the person to be massaged is provided with an air bag which can massage the lower leg of the person to be massaged by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing air.

The invention described in claim 3 is the leg massage machine described in claim 1 or 2, characterized in that: the shin rubbing massage head can be freely adjusted in vertical setting angle.

The invention described in scheme 4 is the leg massage machine described in any of schemes 1 to 3, characterized in that: a foot massaging head which can massage and receive the instep of a masseur is formed on the foot massaging head, which is not integrated with the shin massaging head, and the shin massaging head can be taken down.

The invention described in scheme 5 is the leg massage machine described in any of schemes 1 to 3, characterized in that: a foot massaging head which can massage and receive the dorsum of the foot of the masseur is formed integrally with the shin massaging head.

The invention described in scheme 6 is the leg massage machine described in any of schemes 1 to 5, characterized in that: the sole massage mechanism can massage the soles of the massaged people.

The invention described in claim 7 is the leg massage machine described in claim 6, characterized in that: the foot massage mechanism supports a roller having a projection part for stimulating the foot of a person to be massaged, and a tilt shaft which is coaxially supported with the roller and rotates in synchronization with the roller to move the arm of the shin-kneading massage head left and right, and which is rotatable.

The present invention has the following effects

According to the invention described in claim 1, since the shin-kneading massage heads are provided at positions separated on the rear side, it is possible to insert the leg from the rear side, and the person receiving the massage can be fixed to the leg massage machine by only sitting on and moving the leg forward on the foot massage mechanism, with less movement of the leg.

According to the invention described in claim 2, since the air bag capable of massaging the lower leg of the person to be massaged by repeatedly applying pressure and pressure with air is provided on the surface of the shin-kneading massage head facing the lower leg of the person to be massaged, the lower leg can be stimulated comfortably and blood circulation can be improved.

According to the invention described in claim 3, since the shin-kneading massage head can freely adjust the standing setting angle, it is possible to effectively perform massage of the leg in a wider range without being limited to the difference in the length of the leg.

According to the invention described in claim 4, the foot massage head for massaging the back of the foot of the person receiving the massage is not formed integrally with the shin massage head, and the shin massage head can be removed, so that the shin massage head can be removed for massage only when the foot is to be massaged. Further, the foot massage head and the shin massage head can be separated, and therefore, the foot massage head and the shin massage head can be miniaturized when stored in a box as a massage machine.

According to the invention described in claim 5, the foot massaging head capable of massaging the back of the foot of the person receiving the massage is formed integrally with the shin massaging head, and therefore, it is possible to use one mold for molding, and it is possible to greatly reduce the cost.

According to the invention described in claim 6, the sole massaging mechanism can massage the sole of the person who receives the massage, and can give the person who receives the massage a comfortable feeling of massaging the lower leg and the sole.

According to the invention described in claim 7, since the sole massaging means is constituted by the roller having the projecting portion capable of stimulating the sole of the person receiving the massage, it is possible to apply appropriate pressure to the acupuncture points or the like on the sole of the person receiving the massage, and it is possible to give a comfortable massage feeling to the person receiving the massage. Further, since the inclined shaft which is supported coaxially with the roller and rotates in synchronization with the roller to move the arm of the shin massage head to the right and left is rotatably supported, the rotation of the roller enables the arm to be moved to the right and left to stimulate the lower leg by the inclined shaft which is coaxially with the roller, and the method of moving the arm is not particularly limited, but the entire structure is suitably made compact.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a leg massage machine according to embodiment 1 of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of fig. 1 with the cover removed, as seen from the side opposite to fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of fig. 1 with the cover removed.

Fig. 4 is a schematic explanatory view of the airbag of fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a side view of fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged side view of a portion of fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the driving device of fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a sectional explanatory view of the driving device of fig. 7.

Fig. 9 is a side view equivalent to fig. 5 of embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Fig. 10 is a perspective view corresponding to fig. 2 of embodiment 3 of the present invention.

In the figure:

1. 50-leg massage machine; 2-a drive device; 3. 51-rubbing shin massage head; 4-surface; 5. 5 a-air pocket; 6. 52-foot massaging head kneading; 7-a foot massage mechanism; 8-a roller; 10. 40-arm; 11-inclined axis; 11 a-a variable-side tilt axis on the tilt axis side; 11 b-a fixed side tilt axis on the other side of the tilt axis; 12-legs of the person receiving the massage; 13-lower leg of the person receiving the massage; 14-foot of the person receiving the massage; 21-opening; 30-a drive shaft; 31-a feed screw; 36. 37-kneading the board; DW-underside; FR-front side.

Detailed Description

The object of providing a leg massage machine with less movement of the legs which can be fixed to the massage machine by a person who receives a massage simply sitting on the leg moving forward is achieved by: the leg massage machine comprises at least a pair of shin-rubbing massage heads for pinching and rubbing the lower leg of a person to be massaged placed on a foot massage mechanism from the left and right direction by a drive device, wherein the shin-rubbing massage heads of the leg massage machine are provided at positions separated from each other on the rear side so that the person to be massaged can be inserted into the leg from the rear side.

Example 1

Fig. 1 to 8 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

Reference numeral 1 denotes a leg massage machine, and the leg massage machine 1 is composed of a 1 st case 15 and a 2 nd case 16.

The 1 st case 15 is composed of a sole protective cover 17 for covering the sole massage mechanism 7 capable of supporting the sole (not shown) of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage from the lower side DW and the front side FR, and an instep protective cover 18 for covering the upper side UP of the sole protective cover 17 and protecting the back of the foot 14.

The 2 nd casing 16 is composed of side partitions 20 and 20 provided on both sides of the rear side RR of the 1 st casing 15, and a center partition 19 provided between the side partitions 20 and at a center position having an appropriate distance from the side partitions 20 and 20.

Openings

21, 21 are formed between the central partition 19 and the side partitions 20, respectively, so that the person receiving the massage can insert the leg 12 from the rear side RR to the front side FR. The

openings

21, 21 have a width allowing a user to insert the right leg 12R and the left leg 12L, respectively.

The sole massage mechanism 7 is composed of a 1 st sole massage head 25 which can massage the sole of the toe 14b of the foot 14 of the massor; a 2 nd foot massage head 26 which can also massage the sole of the sole (not shown) of the foot 14; and a 3 rd foot massage head 27 capable of massaging the sole of the heel 14a of the foot 14 as well, the 1 st foot massage head 25, the 2 nd foot massage head 26 and the 3 rd foot massage head 27 are sequentially arranged and supported from the front side FR to the rear side RR.

The driving device 2 of the 3 rd sole massage head 27 for the left leg 12L will be described with reference to fig. 7 and 8. The driving device for the right leg 12R is bilaterally symmetrical to the driving device 2 shown in fig. 7, and therefore, illustration and description are omitted. A feed screw 31 is screwed to a hollow drive shaft 30 which is driven by a rotational driving force of a motor not shown through a worm rotation shaft, a helical gear, and the like. The feed screw 31 is provided with a variable-side tilt shaft 11a serving as one side of the tilt shaft 11. The drive shaft 30 supports thereon a fixed-side tilting shaft 11b serving as the other side of the tilting shaft 11, a roller 8, and a gear 32.

The roller 8 is provided on its outer surface with a plurality of suitable projections 9, the roller 8 being arranged in a position to rest the bottom of the heel 14a of the person to be massaged. The convex portion 9 has a convex shape that can generate a higher contact pressure with the sole of the heel 14a of the person receiving the massage.

A stopper 33 is provided at an end of the feed screw 31 to stop the rotation of the feed screw 31. Normally, the feed screw 31 rotates together with the drive shaft 30, and when the brake 33 is operated, the drive shaft 30 rotates as it is, and the feed screw 31 stops rotating, and the variable-side inclined shaft 11a assembled to the feed screw 31 moves in the left-right direction. In short, the distance between the fixed-side tilt axis 11b, which does not move in the left-right direction, and the variable-side tilt axis 11a, which moves in the left-right direction, changes. The brake 33 may be either electromagnetic or manual.

A pair of shin massage heads 3, 3 are attached to the variable-side inclined shaft 11a and the fixed-side inclined shaft 11b so as to sandwich the leg 12, particularly the calf 13 of the person receiving a massage from the left and right. The shin-kneading

massage heads

3, 3 are supported in a state of being inclined along the variable-side inclined shaft 11a and the fixed-side inclined shaft 11b, and the shin-kneading

massage heads

3, 3 are repeatedly operated between a position close to each other and a position apart from each other in accordance with the rotation of the drive shaft 30, so that the leg 12 of the person to be massaged can be moved to the front side FR and inserted between the shin-kneading

massage heads

3, 3 in the unfolded state, and can be placed on the upper surfaces of the 1 st to 3 rd foot massage heads 25 to 27 such as the roller 8. The bottom part of the toe 14b, the sole and the heel 14a of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage can be stimulated from the lower side DW, and the lower leg 13 can be pinched and kneaded from the left and right directions.

The shin-kneading

massage heads

3, 3 are constituted by: left and right symmetrical arms 10, which are rotatably supported at lower end portions thereof by bearings B along the tilting states of the variable-side tilting shaft 11a and the fixed-side tilting shaft 11B, are provided at separate positions and form an opening 21; kneading

plates

36, 37 supported at the upper end of the arm 10 to be inclined with respect to the drive shaft 30; and an air bag 5 formed at the upper end of the kneading

plates

36, 37 and capable of massaging the lower leg 13 of the person to be massaged by repeated pressurization and depressurization with air. An elastic body having cushioning properties may be provided on the inner side of the air bag 5, i.e., on the side facing the lower leg 13 of the person to be massaged.

A foot massaging head 6 capable of massaging the instep of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage and the side surface of the foot 14 is formed separately from the shin massaging heads 3, and the foot massaging head 6 is coaxially supported by the 2 nd foot massaging head 26 to protect the surface (instep surface) of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage. The foot massage head 6 is not integrated with the shin massage heads 3 and 3, and therefore can be removed as appropriate.

As shown in fig. 5 and 6, the setting angles of the shin massage heads 3 and 3 can be freely adjusted. That is, the arm 10 whose lower end portion is supported by the variable-side tilt axis 11a and the fixed-side tilt axis 11b can be tilted from the foremost position shown by the solid line in fig. 5 to the rearmost position shown by the two-dot chain line by the variable-side tilt axis 11a and the fixed-side tilt axis 11 b. The angle adjusting member 35 of the arm 10 is provided on the sole guard 17. As shown in fig. 6, the angle adjusting member 35 has a plurality of (5 in this embodiment, directly below and facing the front side FR) appropriate engagement recesses 35b formed in an arc-shaped recess 35a centered on the axial center 11aa of the variable-side inclined shaft 11a and the fixed-side inclined shaft 11b (the axial center of the fixed-side inclined shaft 11b is not shown in the drawing), and a ball-bearing-shaped engagement piece 35c that can be engaged with any one of the engagement recesses 35b is freely engaged with and disengaged from the engagement recess 35b by a coil spring 35 d. Reference numeral 35e denotes a member supported by a pin 35f vertically extending from the lower end of the arm 10, and the engaging piece 35c is freely inserted and withdrawn, and the coil spring 35d is housed therein. Therefore, the arm 10 can be swung back and forth and can also be swung left and right, and the stop position shown by the solid line in fig. 5 is set as the maximum spread position of the arm 10 in the left and right direction, and the maximum spread position in the left and right direction does not stop at the position shown by the two-dot chain line in fig. 5.

The air bag 5 is described with reference to fig. 3 and 4. The bag 5 is provided with a safety mechanical valve (not shown) which allows air to be discharged when a pressure equal to or higher than a predetermined pressure is generated in the process, because the air supply source 38 and the pressure regulator 39 which allow air to be discharged and discharged have a pipe line set by the hose 40. The air bag 5 is provided not only on the surface facing the kneading

plates

36, 37 as described above but also includes an air bag 5a provided on the surface facing the foot massaging heads 6, 6.

The operation of the structure of embodiment 1 will be described below.

The shin-kneading

massage heads

3, 3 are disposed at positions spaced apart from the rear side RR, and allow a person receiving a massage to insert the leg 12 from the rear side RR, and the person receiving the massage can be fixed to the massage machine 1 by simply sitting on the leg 12 and moving the leg 12 to the front side FR, and the leg 12 can be moved less.

The air bag 5 capable of massaging the lower leg 13 of the person to be massaged by repeated operations of air pressurization and depressurization is provided on the surface 4 of the shin massage heads 3, 3 facing the lower leg 13 of the person to be massaged, so that the lower leg 13 can be comfortably stimulated to improve blood circulation.

The shin-kneading

massage heads

3 and 3 can be freely adjusted in installation angle, and can effectively massage the legs 12 in a wider range without being limited to the difference in length of the legs 12.

The sole massaging mechanism 7 can massage the bottom of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage, and can give the comfortable massage feeling to the bottom of the lower leg 13 and the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage.

The sole massage means 7 is constituted by a roller 8 having a projection 9 capable of stimulating the bottom of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage, and is capable of applying a pressure appropriately to the acupuncture point or the like of the bottom of the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage, thereby giving a comfortable massage feeling to the person receiving the massage. Further, since the inclined shafts 11(11a, 11b) which are supported coaxially with the rollers 8 and rotate synchronously with the rollers 8 and which can move the arms 10 of the shin massage heads 3, 3 right and left are supported so as to be rotatable, the arms 10 can be moved right and left by the inclined shafts 11(11a, 11b) coaxially with the rollers 8 in accordance with the rotation of the rollers 8 to stimulate the calves 13, and the method of moving the arms 10 is not particularly limited, but the entire structure can be made compact appropriately.

Example 2

Fig. 9 shows embodiment 2 of the present invention. Reference numeral 40 denotes an arm of the present embodiment, and the arm 40 is composed of a lower arm 41 whose lower end is supported by the variable-side inclined shaft 11a and the fixed-side inclined shaft 11b, and an upper arm 42 which supports the kneading plates 36 and 37 (reference numeral 37 is not shown) at its upper end, and the upper end of the lower arm 41 and the lower end of the upper arm 42 are coupled together by a coupling 43 as shown in fig. 9, and the upper arm 42 is detachable.

According to this embodiment, the foot massaging heads 6, 6 for massaging the foot 14 of the recipient are formed separately from the shin massaging heads 3, and the shin massaging heads 3, 3 are detachable from the coupling 43, so that only when the foot 14 is to be massaged, the shin massaging heads 3, 3 integrated with each other can be detached through the coupling 43 to perform the massage. Further, since the foot massaging heads 6, 6 and the shin massaging heads 3, 3 can be separated, only the height H of fig. 9 can be made small, and the foot massaging heads can be downsized when packaged as the massaging machine 1.

Example 3

Fig. 10 shows embodiment 3 of the present invention. Reference numeral 50 denotes a leg massage machine in which a foot massage head 52 capable of massaging the foot 14 of the person to be massaged is formed integrally with a shin massage head 51. The 1 st and 2 nd foot massage heads 25 and 26 are not shown in fig. 10, and are omitted here because they are the same as those shown in fig. 2.

According to this embodiment, the foot massaging head 52 capable of massaging the foot 14 of the person receiving the massage is formed integrally with the shin massaging head 51, and therefore, it is possible to mold with one mold, which can significantly reduce the cost.

Industrial applicability of the invention

In the illustrated embodiment, the instep protective cover 18 is illustrated covering the back of the foot 14, and instead of the instep protective cover 18, an opening extending from the front of the foot may be formed.

Claims

1. A foot massage machine at least comprising a pair of vertically installed shin-kneading massage heads capable of pinching and kneading a lower leg of a person to be massaged placed on a foot massage mechanism from the left-right direction by a drive device, characterized in that:

the shin-rubbing massage head is provided at a position spaced apart from the rear side so that the feet of the person receiving the massage can be inserted from the rear side; wherein,

the foot massage machine is composed of a 1 st shell and a 2 nd shell;

the 1 st shell is composed of a sole protection cover which covers the sole massage mechanism capable of supporting the sole of the foot of the person receiving massage from the lower side and the front side, and an instep protection cover which covers the upper side of the sole protection cover and protects the back of the foot;

the 2 nd shell is composed of side partition boards arranged at two sides of the rear side of the 1 st shell and a central partition board arranged between the side partition boards and at the central position with a proper distance from the side partition boards; openings are formed between the central partition and the side partitions, respectively, so that the user can insert the feet from the rear side to the front side.

2. The foot massager of claim 1, wherein:

an air bag capable of massaging the lower leg of the person to be massaged by repeatedly pressurizing and depressurizing air is provided on the surface of the shin-massaging head facing the lower leg of the person to be massaged.

3. The foot massager of claim 1 or 2, wherein:

the shin rubbing massage head can be freely adjusted in vertical setting angle.

4. The foot massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:

a foot massaging head which can massage the instep of a person receiving massage is formed on the foot massaging head and is not integrated with the shin massaging head,

the shin rubbing massage head can be taken down.

5. The foot massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein:

a foot massaging head which can massage and receive the dorsum of the foot of the masseur is formed integrally with the shin massaging head.

6. The foot massage machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein:

the sole massage mechanism can massage the soles of the massaged people.

7. The foot massager of claim 6, wherein:

the foot massage mechanism supports a roller having a projection part capable of stimulating the foot of a person receiving a massage, and a tilt shaft which is supported concentrically with the roller and rotates synchronously with the roller to move the arm of the shin-kneading massage head left and right, and which is rotatable.